Soldering-iron



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SOLDERING IRON.

Nb. 513,222. Patented Jian. 23, 1894.

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ROBERT B. VANDERBURG, OF LONG BEACH, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FOURTHS TO LUDOVIO J. PAINTER, OF SATICOY, CALIFORNIA.

SOLDERING-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,222, dated January A23, 1894.

Application iiled July 18, 1893. Serial No. 480,822. (No model.)

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT B. VANDER- BURG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Long Beach, in the county of Los Angeles working point of myiron, I would have it dis- 55 and State of Oalifornia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soldering- Irons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and

1o to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is aside elevation of my improved soldering iron, and Fig. 2, is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the same.

r 5 My invention relates to soldering irons.

It has for its obj ect to provide an iron of this character, which shall contain the metal to be heated, andwhich shall supply the same to the parts to be soldered, without any danzo ger of the molten metal escaping from the iron, and burning the operator.

With these objects in view, the invention` consists in certain features of construction,

W and combination of parts of the same, which z 5 shall be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A, denotes the point or working end of my soldering iron. This is preferably formed of copper and has extendinglongitudinally through it an .aperture or bore a, which communicates with a socket a. The ysocket and bore are lined with a suitable refractory material, such for instance as stgaldorfiro This .protects the copper from the/'actin of the solder which 3 5 would otherwise soon cut grooves in the bore ind render the copper' point practically useess.

B, denotes the solder reservoir or receptacle. For convenience of manufacture, I select a 4o simple T pipe joint. Into one end of the reservoir, the copper point is screwed, while in its opposite end, is screwed a plug O, provided with a handle D, and in the top is screwed a cover F.

G, denotes a valve located in the socket of the copper point, and provided with a rod which extends out through a small aperture in the plug. To the rear end of this rod, is pivoted a bell crank lever which in turn is pivoted to the handle, and is provided with a lis spring whose tension is exerted to raise the lever, and force the valve firmly in its seat to prevent the flow of solder.

Although I prefer to use copper for the tinctly understood that any other desired metal may. be employed, and that instead of providing the ordinary T pipe joint, I may construct a receptacle which will answer equally as well as that herein described.

It will be seen that when solder is placed within the reservoir, and heated until it assumes a liquid state, the same may be supplied to the parts which it is desired to solder without any danger of the molten metal 6 5 escaping and burning the operator.

I am aware that it is not new, to construct a soldering iron with a receptacle to contain the solder to be heated, but so far as I am aware, I am the first to provide a soldering 7o iron with a receptacle entirely closed, and by which construction lthe iron is allowed to be more freely handled without any danger of its contents running out upon the operatorc From the foregoing description taken 1n 75 connection with the vaccompanying drawings, the operation and advantage of my invention will be readily understood without any further explanation.

It will be seen that by the employment of the T pipe joint, I am enabled to construct my iron at a greatly reduced cost, more so than I would if I were compelled to make castings.

The parts are extremely simple, and the construction is such that they will not readily get out of order.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A soldering iron consisting of the point or workig portion, provided withV an aperture and with a socket with which communicates said aperture, a receptacle consisting of a T joint provided at each end with threads, 9 5 the working portion or point being screwed into one end, a plug screwed into the other end, .and a cover screwed into the top of said receptacle, a valve located in said socket, a stem-attached to said valve extending out roo through the said plug, a bell crank pivoted discharge the molten solder through said bore xo to said handle, and a spring exerting a force and a valve seated in the socket for controlupon said bell crank, t0 close the communiling the flow of the molten metal, substancation between the socket and the aperture, tially as herein described.

5 substantially as herein described. t

2. In a soldering iron, a copper point hav- R' B' VANDERBURG' ing a socket and a bore lined with a refrac- Witnesses: tory material, in combination with a recep- WVM. S. CLARK,4

tacle secured to said point and adapted to W. W`. LOWE. 

